The newly formed New Zealand Bhikkhunī Sangha Trust will be developing slowly over time, please come to visit again.

The Trust is inspired by the venerable Ayya Medhanandi Bhikkhunī’s five-year visit to New Zealand, the appearance of our first Kiwi Theravada bhikkhunī in the world — Adhimutti Bhikkhunī — and the recent visit of Ayya Tathaaloka Bhikkhunī together with her student Ayya Adhi to the Land of the Long White Cloud.

We wish to support the presence of bhikkhunīs living, practicing and teaching in the Theravada tradition, as well as those training to become bhikkhunīs — for their deeper practice and study and for sharing their teachings and leading retreats — as an essential and beautiful part of the fullness of the Buddha’s Fourfold Assembly.

Contact nz.bhikkhunitrust@gmail.com if you would like to share in supporting this noble happening.